CC Madhya 20.278

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Madhya-līlā 20.277 - Madhya-līlā 20.279-280

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 278

iṅho mahat-sraṣṭā puruṣa—‘mahā-viṣṇu’ nāma

ananta brahmāṇḍa tāṅra loma-kūpe dhāma

SYNONYMS

iṅho — He; mahat-sraṣṭā — the creator of the mahat-tattva, or total material energy; puruṣa — the person; mahā-viṣṇu nāma — called Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu; ananta — unlimited; brahmāṇḍa — universes; tāṅra — of His body; loma-kūpe — within the hair holes; dhāma — are situated.

TRANSLATION

“The first form of Lord Viṣṇu is called Mahā-Viṣṇu. He is the original creator of the total material energy. The innumerable universes emanate from the pores of His body.

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